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CPC Definition - Subclass B26B

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B26B
HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D 29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D 3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B 7/22; pincers B25C 11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F 1/26}; for erasing B43L 19/00; for textile materials D06H)
Definition statement

This place covers:

  • Hand knives, hand shears, scissors, axes, hatchets in general
  • Hair cutting devices such as hair clippers, dry shavers and wet shave razors
  • Hand-held cutting tools involving disc blades or annular blades
  • Guards and sheaths for hand-held cutting tools
  • Arrangements for guiding hand-held cutting tools
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Scrapers with blades

A47L 13/08

Handsaws

B27D21/00

Scrapers for finishing work on buildings

E04G 23/00

References out of a residual place

Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:

Hand-held cutting tools for harvesting

A01D 1/00

Hand-held cutting tools for horticultural purposes

A01G 3/00

Knives for slaughtering

A22B 3/10, A22B 5/16

Hand-held cutting tools for manufacturing or repairing footwear

A43D 5/00

Surgical knives or scissors

A61B 17/32

Hand-held metal cutting devices

B23D 29/02

Plier-like tools with cutting edges

B25B 7/22

Hand-held tube cutters

B26D 3/16, B23D 21/06

Vegetable cutters

B26D 3/283

Hand-held cutting tools for removing insulation or armouring from cables

H02G 1/12

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Guillotine-type cutters for cigars

A24F 13/24

Methods of cutting hair

A45D 7/00

Hair removing by depilation or singeing

A45D 26/00

Containers and stands for shaving devices

A45D 27/22

Nail clippers or cutters

A45D 29/02

Kitchen equipment

A47J

Electric toothbrushes

A61C 17/22

Cosmetics and shaving compositions for skin

A61K

Making of razor blades

B21D 53/645

Hand tools for grinding, polishing or stropping

B24D 15/08

Portable power-driven hand tools

B25

Pincers

B25C 11/02

Combination or multi-purpose tools

B25F

Handles for hand implements

B25G

Cutting machines and details thereof

B26D

Guillotine-type cutters

B26D

Heat treatment for knives, scissors or like hand-cutting tools

C21D 9/18

Coating metallic material

C23C

Dynamo-electric machines/motors

H02K

Hand knives with adjustable blade; Pocket knives (B26B 11/00 takes precedence)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand knives or pocket knives with adjustable blade, wherein the blade is movable but not detachable from the knife.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Hand knives or pocket knives with additional tools or functions, e.g. as swiss knives

B26B 11/00

Example from US 2010/0242287 A1 by Eugene Gregg Jameson

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Hand knives with fixed blades {(handles, attaching the handles B25G)}
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand knives wherein the blade is neither movable nor detachable

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Handles and attaching handles in general

B25G

Example from WO 03/101680 A1 by Calphalon Corporation

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Hand knives with one or more detachable blades
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand knives or cutters with detachable blades, the blades may be also detachable from a movable blade carrier as shown in the example below

Example from US 2009/0165309 A1 by William Kamb et al.

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Hand knives with reciprocating motor-driven blades
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand knives with one motor driven reciprocating or vibrating blade or with two or more counter-reciprocating blades

Example from US 4,711,030 by Robert B. Ruston, Sr.

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Blades for hand knives
Definition statement

This place covers:

Features of knife blades and/or knife blade edges

Example from US 2006/0101649 A1 by Chen Fen Chen

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Hand knives combined with other implements, e.g. with corkscrew, with scissors, with writing implement (combined table-ware A47G 21/06)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand knives or pocket knives with additional tools or functions, e.g. as swiss knives

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Combined tableware

A47G 21/06

Example from DE 197 45 510 A1 by Werner Neuenschwander

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Hand shears; Scissors
Definition statement

This place covers:

Example from WO 02/32631 A1 by Adachi Kogyo, Inc.

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Hand-held shears with motor-driven blades
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand-held shears with motor driven blades or wherein the movement of the fingers may be supported by drive means

Example from US 2005/0160606 A1 by Ching Hsiu Yao

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Hand cutting tools {, i.e. with the cutting action actuated by muscle power} with two jaws which come into abutting contact (nail clippers or cutters A45D 29/02; joints therefor B25B 7/06)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand cutting tools wherein the two abutting cutting jaws may be arranged longitudinally or perpendicular to the handles

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Nail clippers or cutters

A45D 29/02

Joints for pliers

B25B 7/06

Example from EP 0 497 508 A2 by Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company; E.T.M. Corporation

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Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers
Definition statement

This place covers:

Example from US 5,054,199 by Hitoshi Ogawa et al.

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Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor
Definition statement

This place covers:

Example from US 2005/0198841 A1 by Charles B. Worrick III

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Axes; Hatchets {(attaching of the handles B25G)}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Attaching of the handles

B25G

Example from US 2005/0102845 A1 by Edgar A. Dallas et al.

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Hand cutting tools involving disc blades, e.g. motor-driven (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F 5/00)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand cutting tools wherein the disc blades may be manually rotated or by additional driving means

Example from US 2009/0183378 A1 by David C. Eby et al.

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Hand cutting tools not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires
Definition statement

This place covers:

Handheld cutting tools which are completely different from knives, scissors or shavers, e.g. as the string cutter below for cutting out a windscreen

Example from US 2003/0217471 A1 by Chun Po Huang

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Guards or sheaths {or guides} for hand cutting tools; Arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools (guards for hair clippers or dry shavers B26B 19/38)
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Guards for hair clippers or dry shavers

B26B 19/38

Example from US 6,202,529 B1 by Gerry Grant Hodsdon

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